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Re: [Spridgets] Rocker install question

To: JMFangio <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Rocker install question
From: Larry Macy via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:06:48 -0400
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Not certain how you are getting from=20
Remove the head bolts to the rocker pillars
to
Adjust the clearance
Would you not have any spring compression and then no adjustment?
Which, if true, means the next step is unlikely :-)

Just checking your math.

Larry

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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D., LMT
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> On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:14 PM, JMFangio via Spridgets =
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Thanks for the responses guys!
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> Plan is to :
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> Back off all the adjusters
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> Loosen all the head bolts
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> Remove the head blots to the rocker pillars
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> Adjust the clearance
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> Enjoy the sweet music of a properly running engine.
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> Look down the spark plug holes with a scope to check for piston =
damage.
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> Curse that I will have to remove the head anyway
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> Curse that if I had installed my rebuild with the 1098 stroker crank I =
could have been driving this car.
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> YMMV
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> Lester
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>> On Jul 7, 2019, at 2:59 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets =
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Hi all!
>>=20
>> So I have asked this question before but I can=E2=80=99t =
find/remember the answer so here goes:
>>=20
>> Do I need to undo all of the head bolts to remove those that hold the =
rocker inn place and then re-torque or can I just undo the ones that =
hold the rocker arm in place and reinstall them ?
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>>=20
>> Lester
>>=20
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Not =
certain how you are getting from&nbsp;<div class=3D"">Remove the head =
bolts to the rocker pillars</div><div class=3D"">to</div><div =
class=3D"">Adjust the clearance</div><div class=3D"">Would you not have =
any spring compression and then no adjustment?</div><div class=3D"">Which,=
 if true, means the next step is unlikely :-)</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Just checking your math.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Larry<br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Larry B. Macy, =
Ph.D., LMT</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, =
0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;"><a href=3D"mailto:lmacy@mac.com"; =
class=3D"">lmacy@mac.com</a></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, =
0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a =
href=3D"https://larrythemac.guru"; =
class=3D"">https://larrythemac.guru</a></div><div style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Morrisville, =
PA</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;"><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
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normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Being human is =
not&nbsp;about individual&nbsp;survival or escape. It=E2=80=99s =
a&nbsp;team sport. Whatever&nbsp;future humans have, it&nbsp;will be =
together.</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, =
0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;">~ douglas&nbsp;rushkoff</div>
</div>
<div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:14 PM, JMFangio via Spridgets &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Thanks=
 for the responses guys!<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Plan is to :<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Back off all the adjusters<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Loosen all the head bolts<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Remove =
the head blots to the rocker pillars<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Adjust =
the clearance<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Enjoy the sweet music of a =
properly running engine.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Look down the =
spark plug holes with a scope to check for piston damage.<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Curse that I will have to remove the head =
anyway<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Curse that if I had installed my =
rebuild with the 1098 stroker crank I could have been driving this =
car.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">YMMV<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Lester<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On Jul 7, 2019, at 2:59 =
PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Hi all!<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">So I have asked this =
question before but I can=E2=80=99t find/remember the answer so here =
goes:<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Do I need to undo all of the head =
bolts to remove those that hold the rocker inn place and then re-torque =
or can I just undo the ones that hold the rocker arm in place and =
reinstall them ?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Thanks,<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Lester<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br =
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